Infrastructure Engineer

Trading Infrastructure - https://aip.tech Location: Limassol, Cyprus , Office-based Employment: Full-time AIP Tech is a leader in algorithmic trading, bringing together experts in quantitative analysis, data science, and advanced coding. Established in 2018 as a start-up, AIP has grown into an independent, innovative firm specializing in high-frequency trading and cutting-edge technology. The company leverages data to design efficient algorithms and provide liquidity solutions to the market. AIP values a collaborative, peer-to-peer approach among colleagues to achieve its vision of becoming the premier high-frequency trading firm for both employees and partners. We are currently seeking an Infrastructure Engineer [Trading / ML Infrastructure] to join our team. What you’ll do: You’ll take end-to-end ownership of our trading infrastructure: - Build, maintain, and optimize server and network infrastructure; - Configure and maintain VPNs, private networks, routing, firewalls, and secure connectivity between infrastructure components; - Manage infrastructure across AWS, Hetzner, and dedicated/bare-metal environments; - Automate provisioning and configuration; - Improve infrastructure reliability, performance, fault tolerance, and security; - Optimize systems for performance-sensitive trading workloads; - Build and improve monitoring, observability, and alerting; - Evaluate new technologies, providers, hardware, and architectural approaches; - Work closely with developers and the trading team to understand where infrastructure can improve the performance of the overall trading stack. What we're looking for: - Hands-on experience setting up Kubernetes on bare metal (Hetzner, private DCs, or similar) — not just managed clusters like EKS/GKE - Solid command of Prometheus, Grafana, and a logging stack (Loki / ELK / equivalent) - Production experience with both Ansible and Terraform - CI/CD pipeline design for container images (GitLab CI / GitHub Actions / ArgoCD / similar) - Understanding of ML infrastructure specifics: GPU nodes, job queues, large datasets, long-running jobs - Ability to read and assess legacy infrastructure code and make pragmatic decisions about what to reuse vs. rewrite - Independence — this is a sole-infrastructure role on the project Nice to have (bonus scope): - Experience with trading/HFT infrastructure, low-latency systems, advanced networking, bare-metal optimization, or high-performance computing would be a strong advantage. - VPN setup, network policies, secrets management (Vault) - Familiarity with ML tools What we offer: - Office-based work in Limassol, Cyprus, working closely with the core team; - Full ownership of the infrastructure — you’ll have the freedom to shape, improve, and rethink the systems you work with; - Real engineering freedom — propose new tools, providers, hardware, network setups, automation, or architectural changes if you believe there’s a better way; - Challenging trading infrastructure — work with performance-sensitive systems, dedicated servers, networking, and infrastructure where speed, reliability, and efficiency actually matter; - Direct impact — infrastructure improvements can directly affect the performance and reliability of our trading systems; - Competitive compensation, based on your experience and technical level. How to apply: In your application, briefly cover: Your experience with bare-metal Kubernetes — what clusters you've built, what size, what workloads If you have any additional questions or need clarifications, feel free to reach out to us directly: We’re happy to help and look forward to learning more about your experience.